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| 1 |  | Jaws (1975) |  3.9366 201 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$7.17
| After a teenager and a child are attacked by a Great White shark in a quiet beach community, the ...more about Jaws starring Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw |
| 2 |  | Chinatown (1974) | 3.8626 83 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.40
| When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds ...more about Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway |
| 3 |  | Taxi Driver (1976) | 3.8124 134 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.95
| A New York City cab driver becomes increasingly disgusted with the scum and low lives of the city. ...more about Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro and Cybill Shepherd |
| 4 |  | French Connection, The (1971) |  3.7459 39 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.27
| Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey |
| 5 |  | Alien (1979) | 3.6601 312 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.50
| Space vehicle Nostromo discovers a strange pod. The creature in the pod infects a member of the ...more about Alien starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver |
| 6 |  | Exorcist, The (1973) | 3.6087 162 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$5.24
| The Exorcist is based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty and considered one of the scariest ...more about Exorcist starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow |
| 7 |  | Conversation, The (1974) | 3.5006 72 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.13
| Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. As he listens to their ...more about Conversation starring Gene Hackman and John Cazale |
| 8 |  | Straw Dogs (1971) | 3.4996 70 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$7.59
| To avoid the Vietnam-era chaos, mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his wife, Amy ...more about Straw Dogs starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George |
| 9 |  | Halloween (1978) | 3.4886 195 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror |
$9.10
| From the age of six Michael Myers was institutionalized for killing his older sister. After 15 ...more about Halloween starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 10 |  | Dog Day Afternoon (1975) | 3.3506 60 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime |
$5.36
| A desperate and half-crazed man attempts to rob a bank to help pay for his lover's sex change ...more about Dog Day Afternoon starring Al Pacino and John Cazale |
| 11 |  | Clockwork Orange, A (1971) | 3.3399 129 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$14.96
| A British gang member is imprisoned and treated for his psychological deficiencies with "aversion ...more about Clockwork Orange starring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee |
| 12 |  | Warriors, The (1979) | 3.2899 85 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen |
$7.96
| The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors starring Michael Beck and James Remar |
| 13 |  | Badlands (1973) | 3.2672 58 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$13.79
| Kit Carruthers, a young garbage collector and his girlfriend Holly Sargis from Fort Dupree, South ...more about Badlands starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek |
| 14 |  | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | 3.2520 83 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| When several locals witness a strange alien encounter, they are all mysteriously drawn to a remote ...more about Close Encounters of the Third Kind starring Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut |
| 15 |  | Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) |  3.2343 115 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime |
$5.54
| Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to ...more about Assault on Precinct 13 starring Austin Stoker and Darwin Joston |
| 16 |  | Frenzy (1972) | 3.2329 38 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime |
$9.41
| London is terrorised by a vicious sex killer known as the neck tie murderer. Following the brutal ...more about Frenzy starring Jon Finch and Alec McCowen |
| 17 |  | Don't Look Now (1973) | 3.1976 45 reviews | R | Thriller |
$4.94
| John and Laura Baxter are living in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom ...more about Don't Look Now starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland |
| 18 |  | Deliverance (1972) | 3.1782 48 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$9.99
| Canoeing down a river, four city men run into some unfriendly locals. Unable to escape from the ...more about Deliverance starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds |
| 19 |  | Dark Star (1974) | 3.1718 58 reviews | G | Thriller, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$6.98
| A space parody about four astronauts whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. After 20 years, ...more about Dark Star starring Brian Narelle and Dan O'Bannon |
| 20 |  | Enter the Dragon (1973) | 3.1593 92 reviews | R | Action, Thriller |
$3.59
| A Shaolin Temple and Kung Fu masteris asked by the British government to compete in a martial arts ...more about Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee and Kien Shih |
| 21 |  | Shaft (1971) | 3.1578 53 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.46
| John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the ...more about Shaft starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn |
| 22 |  | Wicker Man, The (1973) | 3.1354 90 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| Sgt. Howie travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers ...more about Wicker Man starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee |
| 23 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) | 3.1073 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.91
| Strange underground alien spores are planted in the earth and eventually begin to flower. As people ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams |
| 24 |  | Klute (1971) | 3.1030 37 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.71
| John Klute's friend has totally disappeared. The only clue a connection with a call girl, Bree ...more about Klute starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland |
| 25 |  | China Syndrome, The (1979) | 3.0877 43 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller |
$9.78
| While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly ...more about China Syndrome starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon |
| 26 |  | Westworld (1973) | 3.0378 27 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Western |
$13.79
| Two Chicago businessmen visit an expensive fantasy resort where robots and computers simulate ...more about Westworld starring Yul Brynner and Richard Benjamin |
| 27 |  | Time After Time (1979) | 3.0249 15 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$9.30
| H.G. Wells has just invented a time machine but hasn't tried it out yet. When he discovers that one ...more about Time After Time starring David Warner and Mary Steenburgen |
| 28 |  | Marathon Man (1976) | 3.0189 32 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$3.90
| In New York City, the brother of an infamous Nazi war criminal is killed in a head on collision car ...more about Marathon Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier |
| 29 |  | Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) | 3.0164 58 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$13.78
| A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on ...more about Poseidon Adventure starring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine |
| 30 |  | Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) | 3.0143 54 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$8.11
| Driving through the barren desert to California the family's car breaks down in the middle of an ...more about Hills Have Eyes starring Susan Lanier and Robert Houston |
| 31 |  | Omega Man, The (1971) | 3.0117 54 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| Robert Neville, a doctor,due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war ...more about Omega Man starring Charlton Heston and Anthony Zerbe |
| 32 |  | Day of the Jackal, The (1973) | 3.0056 16 reviews | PG | Thriller |
$6.33
| It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have ...more about Day of the Jackal starring Edward Fox and Terence Alexander |
| 33 |  | Carrie (1976) | 3.0050 108 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$5.69
| Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her ...more about Carrie starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie |
| 34 |  | Soylent Green (1973) | 3.0042 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.99
| In the year 2022, earth's face has completely changed. New York's population, for example, has ...more about Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young |
| 35 |  | Day of the Woman (1978) | 2.9958 86 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.36
| The film follows Jennifer, a writer who is working on a new novel and needs to get out of the city ...more about Day of the Woman starring Camille Keaton and Eron Tabor |
| 36 |  | Magic (1978) | 2.9952 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$14.25
| Magician's assistant Corky performs disastrously at his first solo appearance. He is given a ...more about Magic starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret |
| 37 |  | Boy and His Dog, A (1975) | 2.9892 48 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$17.95
| A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically ...more about Boy and His Dog starring Don Johnson and Susanne Benton |
| 38 |  | Last House on the Left, The (1972) | 2.9689 72 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$5.69
| When two friends go into the city to see their favorite band, they meet a couple of drug dealers ...more about Last House on the Left starring Sandra Cassel and Lucy Grantham |
| 39 |  | Crazies, The (1973) | 2.9653 55 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| A biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems in the little town of Evan's City, ...more about Crazies starring Lane Carroll and Harold Wayne Jones |
| 40 |  | ...And Justice for All (1979) | 2.9632 17 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$3.92
| When a corrupt judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland must defend him. Kirkland has had ...more about ...And Justice for All starring Al Pacino and Jack Warden |
| 41 |  | Play Misty for Me (1971) | 2.9580 21 reviews | NA | Thriller |
$7.15
| A DJ for KRML, a jazz radio station in Carmel has what he believes to be a casual affair with one ...more about Play Misty for Me starring Clint Eastwood and Jessica Walter |
| 42 |  | Black Christmas (1974) | 2.9492 104 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$12.02
| Just before Christmas break a mysterious psychotic killer sneaks into the attic of a sorority house ...more about Black Christmas starring Olivia Hussey and Keir Dullea |
| 43 |  | High Plains Drifter (1973) | 2.9439 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Western |
$8.99
| A stranger rides out of the hot desert into a small town in the wild west. The towns people are ...more about High Plains Drifter starring Clint Eastwood and Dan Vadis |
| 44 |  | Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1974) | 2.9363 26 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$2.95
| In London in the 1970s, Scotland Yard police investigators think they have uncovered a case of ...more about Satanic Rites of Dracula starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing |
| 45 |  | Beguiled, The (1971) | 2.9326 23 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Thriller |
$7.21
| During the civil war, injured Yankee soldier, John McBurney is rescued on the verge of death by a ...more about Beguiled starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page |
| 46 |  | Honeymoon Killers, The (1970) | 2.9279 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$21.95
| Martha Beck is an obese nurse. Through a Lonely Hearts club, she meets and falls in love with ...more about Honeymoon Killers starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco |
| 47 |  | Last of Sheila, The (1973) | 2.9267 11 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$13.79
| Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her ...more about Last of Sheila starring Richard Benjamin and Dyan Cannon |
| 48 |  | Murder by Death (1976) | 2.9246 31 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$15.69
| Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. ...more about Murder by Death starring Eileen Brennan and Truman Capote |
| 49 |  | Jaws 2 (1978) | 2.9238 43 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$3.92
| The small island resort town of Amity is trying to bounce back from the financial problems it had ...more about Jaws 2 starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary |
| 50 |  | Sleuth (1972) | 2.9159 21 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery | N/A | Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew's wife. In an attempt to find a way ...more about Sleuth starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine |
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